Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,203, Isaac Ford, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Ford, Isaac
S 42,203
CONTENTS

42 203
Pay INVALID.
File No. 42, 208
Isaac Wood Rev. Rev. Wood
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th Sept r 1836 to 11 th Sept r 1840 ag t notif n of July 9 th 1842
Isaac Ford Pennsylvania Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb of the N. York line, for the term of three years Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7 th of June 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Jonathan Stevens Asylum Pennsylvania Arrears to 4 th of Sep r 1819 119.40 Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar. 1820. 48.00 14 Mo. 28/30 $167.40
151,022. R
Pennsylvania
Isaac Ford
of Bradford in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb of the N. York line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7 th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Jonathan Stevens Asylum Pennsylvania
Arrears to 4 th of Sep r 1819 119.40 Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar. 1820. 48.00 14 Mo. 28/30 $167.40
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Jonathan Stevens

J. Ford $100 15.00 7/19/19
bon Mar '20

District of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss
On this 12 th day of September AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record held at Mansville in and for the said County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania aged Isaac Ford and fifty four years resident in the said County of Bradford who being first duly sworn saith on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that on or about the last of May in the year 1782 he enlisted at Newbury in the State of New York in a Company commanded by Captain Moses McNeely in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel John Lamb of the Corps of the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment and that he served in the said Regiment until about the last of May 1785 when he was discharged at West Point in the said State of New York. And that on the 7 th day of June 1818 under the act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 he made application for the provision thereof and Received a Certificate of Pension dated the 7 th day of September 1819 Numbered 15022 And of the said Isaac Ford do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other way disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of said act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property in shares contracts or debts due me nor have I any other income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule
one Cow - A Note of forty Dollars against Hiram Ward who absconded 6 years ago and the Note is now in hands of a man now dead since three Sheep 3 one Pig 2
Isaac Ford Names of Myself and family Isaac Ford aged fifty four your laborer but unable to labor Mary Ford aged fifty four your wife in firm sworn to before me this 12 th day of Sept AD 1820 Isaac Ford Isaac Ford Mary Ford
Sworn and subscribed in open Court George Scott Prothonotary the day and year aforesaid
Bradford County ss George Scott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Bradford do hereby certify that the both and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the said schedule is fifteen dollars and cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Mansville on this 16 th 16 th day of September AD 1820
George Scott Prothonotary

Isaac Ford age 21 Private Samuel W. York Regiment of Artillery 3 years 1782 - to 1785
Proof of service wanted.
Samuel

District of Pennsylvania Bradford County. ss.
On the 26 th day of June 1819 before the Sub- scribers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Bradford personally came Bela Ford and John Ford who were severally sworn before me according to law and did before me say that the said Isaac Ford the applicant well known to them is their Brother that he enlisted into the Army of the United States some time in the year of 1782 and was for three years that after his return they have frequently read his discharge from the Service of the United States from which they learned as he had told them that he the said Isaac Ford had enlisted for the term of three years into a Regiment of Artillery Commanded by Colonel John Lamb at the time of the State of New York and had served the said term. Sworn and Subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
Bela Ford Jonathan Stevens John Ford
I the said Jonathan Stevens do also Certify the said John Ford and Bela Ford the above named Witnesses are well known to me & that John Ford is a person of Respectable Standing in society & that Both are Reputed Men of Veracity.
Jonathan Stevens

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Bradford County, ss.
On this thirteenth day of June 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bradford, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Isaac Ford
aged fifty one years, resident in Pike Township Bradford County in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That
he the said Isaac Ford enlisted in Delaware County in the state of York in the company commanded by Captain
Daniel Shepard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Varnum that he continued to serve in the said corps for months in the service of the United
States, until the and about the first of June 1782 he enlisted into a Regt. of Artillery commanded by Col. John Lamb  Col. Andrew McMurtry  Col. McMurtry  he was discharged from service in that he continued in service of the  service of the  that he was in the battles of  the United States until the last of May 1785 when he was discharged from the service of the United  States  States that in the last of months  Service  Service he was in the battle between the Indians and White People at Johnstown State of New York - that his Discharge is lost
And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Isaac Ford
Sworn to, subscribed and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan D. Lewis
Further Explanation I Isaac Ford Enlisted about the first of June 1782 at New Windsor State of New York for three years & immediately joined the company of Capt. Andrew McMurtry of the Regt. of Artillery commanded by Col. John Lamb of the New York State line on the Continental Establishment and served until some time in the month of May 1785 - when he was discharged - Col. Lamb had left the Army in 1783 but remains of the same Regt. was after ward commanded by a Major  Bowman
Taken before me the 26 th day of June 1818 Jonathan D. Lewis
Isaac Ford

DEPOSITION TO BEAR
I Jonathan Stevens in at the Assessor Judges of the County of Bradford State of Pennsylvania Verna etc Certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Ford the for young Applicant and that he is in reduced Circumstances and needs the Assistance of his Country for Support - Jonathan Stevens
I, Jonathan Stevens one of the Associate Judges in and for Bradford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Ford did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Jonathan Stevens
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, BRADFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, George Scott
Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Bradford
aforesaid do certify and make known that
Jonathan Stevens
is, and was at the time
of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same, Associate Judge of the County of Bradford, in the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature is his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Meansville, in the County of Bradford aforesaid.
this thirty
first day of August A.D. 1815
George Scott Prothon.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 21 st , 1842.
Sir:
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
The widow of Isaac Ford, deceased, late _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 11 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.